2nd February 2014

After much discussion between Mark and myself, we have decided to mate Freyde on her 3rd season.  I was personally debating this being as though we have puppies here at the moment anyway but with looking ahead, Freyde will be due in season next when we are away in Finland during the summer, Freyde is regular as clockwork like her mother Cherry and has a season bang on every 6 months, so the decision was made to line breed Freyde to our own homebred Tri Colour Stud Dog, Shandlmain You Doo Voodoo who is Sire to ‘Posa’.  Voodoo today has successfully performed his duty twice, so we are now playing the waiting game with ‘Freyde’ to see if she has conceived.  If this mating has been successful, puppies will be due approximately 6th April 2014.

16th February 2014

Today we travelled south to Bletchingly for London & Provincial Collie Club Open show where Judge Yvonne McGrath awarded our lovely Shandlmain Mariposa 1st Minor Puppy Bitch and then Best Puppy Bitch in Breed.  We enjoyed the day thoroughly. 

Meanwhile, on the same day, Tien finished her show career in Spain by moving up to the adult classes and winning at Granada Championship Show CAC with Adult Pastoral Group 3 and then at the Granada International Championship Show the following day, Tien won CAC, CACIB and again Adult Pastoral Group 3.  Next journey for Tien is coming home to the UK.